Oily towels lead to pizzaria fire

The blaze, which was the result of the spontaneous combustion of oily towels and aprons that had just been laundered, began at 5:20 a.m. According to Pronesti, the fire was pretty much out by the time that the firefighters got to the building.

There was an estimated $100,000 worth of building damage and $15,000 worth of content damage, Pronesti said.